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[PATCH 0/7] Add "guix system docker-image" command

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Message #173 received at 30572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>
To: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
Cc: 30572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [bug#30572] [PATCH 1/7] gnu: bootstrap: Add trivial packages for
 bash, mkdir, tar, and xz.
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 05:19:07 +0100

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Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org> writes:

> Hi Chris,
>
> On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 04:13:41 +0100
> Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> module.  I don't know how that will interact with the rest of Guix; it
>> seems safer to just avoid adding that and accept this small discrepancy
>> in the bootstrap packages.  It is simpler.
>
> It would still be possible to do it using module-ref, but I'd advise
> against it.  How about just passing an explicit license to the
> bootstrap-binary procedure?

Yes, that sounds like the right way to me.

>>For example, the license of the
>>"bootstrap-binaries" package (i.e., the %bootstrap-coreutils&co)
>> defined to be gpl3+, even though it contains xz, which actually uses
>> gpl2+ and lgpl2.1+.
>
> Yeah, I don't like that either.
>
>>  Since (I suspect) these packages are intended for
>> internal use, and since the canonical versions of these packages do have
>> correct sources, licenses, and so forth, I'm not so sure we need to be
>> very concerned about minor discrepancies like this.
>
> Yeah, it's just a nitpick.  I'm fine with it being #f or with it being
> a parameter to bootstrap-binary.  But (license license:gpl3+) when it's
> not actually gpl3 is where I draw the line.  Wrong license like this is
> never going to be flagged again except by adversaries.

I understand.  It isn't hard to fix, so here's a new patch that adds
correct licenses.  How does it look?

-- 
Chris

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